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Austin W. White papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2016-026
Abstract

This collection documents the creative life of Massachusetts schoolboy Austin W. White roughly between the ages of nine and sixteen. Materials include small handmade books of fables detailing the adventures of American boys, several school compositions, sketchbooks, and a two-year run of a weekly handwritten satirical newspaper, "The Sober Giggler."

Access Note

Collection is open for research; a portion is also available digitally.

Dates: 1866 - 1876

Whitten family papers

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2025-104
Abstract

Letters written in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to and from William H. Whitten (a brick mason) and Emily Isabel Pritham Whitten (a mill worker), originally from southern Maine and later residents of Jamaica Plain (Boston), Massachusetts.

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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1856-1921

John Wieners collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1994-032
Abstract The John Wieners collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, and ephemera of the American Beat poet John Wieners (1934-2002). The majority of the correspondence is to Wieners from his mentor Charles Olson, with a smaller amount from Wieners to his friend and fellow Boston College alumnus Robert W. Greene. Letters discuss Wieners's attendance at Black Mountain College, the poetry scenes in Boston and San Francisco, and other contemporary authors including Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley,...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1952 - 2008; Majority of material found within 1953 - 1968

Boston College collection of Wild Apple Press

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2024-027
Abstract

A collection of printed material from Wild Apple Press, a private hand press founded and owned by James C. Wilder, a member of the American Printing History Association (APHA). Contains booklets, bookmarks, broadsides, calendars, cards, leaflets, and pamphlets.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 2003 - 2026

Mary Johanna Rhodes Wild diary

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2013-016
Abstract

Diary of Mary Johanna Rhodes Wild, detailing her daily life in Brookline, Massachusetts, as the wife of homeopathic doctor Charles Wild. Wild discusses housekeeping, finances, and marital discord, as well as her reading, occasional travels, and circle of friends and family. The volume includes 12 pages of a diary by her mother, Mary Throop Cushing Rhodes.

Access Note

Open for research; digital version also available. Volume is fragile and should be used with care.

Dates: 1845 - 1865

Paul Wilkas papers

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2013-040
Abstract

Papers of Paul Wilkas, Boston College class of 1948, mostly pertaining to his attendance at the 1946 Pax Romana conference in Spain.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1939-1998; Majority of material found within 1939-1947

Joseph J. Williams, SJ ethnological collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2009-030
Abstract

The Joseph J. Williams, SJ ethnological collection documents the research interests of Williams, a Jesuit priest who studied the history and culture of the Caribbean and Africa. It includes over four thousand handwritten stories about the African folk character Anansi, as well as anthropological manuscripts; correspondence; engravings; financial, legal, and shipping documents; newspapers; and government reports, all dating from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries.

Access Note

Collection open for research except for Series I, which is closed due to fragility. However, portions of the collection--including Series I-- are available digitally.

Dates: 1654-1937, undated; Majority of material found within 1770-1860 and 1931-1932

Nicholas M. Williams retreat diary: manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1986-145
Scope and Contents

Daily diary of Nicholas M. Williams's thirty-day retreat at Loyola College, undertaken as part of his Jesuit formation in Febrary-March 1860. Williams records daily rituals, meditations, and readings, and notes inspirational quotations and "good resolutions."

Access Note

Open for research.

Dates: 1860 February 23-March 24

George Charles Williamson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1986-101
Abstract

This collection consists of a scrapbook of clippings, photographs, and correspondence relating to British author George Charles Williamson's 1923 book Curious Survivals: Habits and Customs of the Past that Still Live in the Present, about Victorian social practices in twentieth-century England.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1921-1937, undated

Terence Winch papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2017-005
Abstract

The Terence Winch papers document the life and career of an Irish-American poet, writer, and musician, through correspondence, manuscript and typescript drafts, handmade books, audio and video recordings, flyers, posters, clippings, and photographs. Topics include the poetry scenes of Washington, DC and New York City towards the end of the 20th century; modern Irish-American literature and history; and Irish-American music.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Audiovisual recordings and digital content on media have been digitally copied; all original media was retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room.

Dates: 1960-2017; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2010

Douglas and Marie Immaculée Acton Woodruff family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1986-034
Abstract

Collection of correspondence, diaries, ephemera, financial records, genealogical information, notebooks, and photographs of twentieth-century Catholic journalist Douglas Woodruff, Catholic charitable activist Marie Immaculée Acton Woodruff, and their families.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1824-1967

Joseph Woods commonplace book

 Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: BC-2023-172
Scope and Contents Unnumbered title leaf followed by 312 numbered pages, including some blanks and irregularities in pagination. Evidence of excised pages at front, after the blank following the first page 13, preceding the second page 13, and following pages16, 54, 84, 122, 154, 178, 215, 223, 233, and 247. Contains transcriptions and translations from Horace, original poems, thoughts on the births and deaths of family members, and an account of the London anti-Catholic riots of 1780, known as the Gordon...
Access Note

Open for research.

Dates: 1771-1809

Molly Flannery Woods papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1995-034
Abstract

The collection documents the political and personal activities of Irish journalist and nationalist Molly Flannery Woods. It includes correspondence, manuscripts, and scrapbooks. Much of the material relates to Irish nationalism in the early twentieth-century and Woods' time with Cumann na mBan.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1897-1952; Majority of material found within 1918-1952

Words of Christ: manuscript

 Collection — Volume: MS.2004.047
Identifier: MS-2004-047
Scope and Contents

Manuscript containing a catalog of the sayings of Christ.

Access Note

Open for research.

Dates: 1847

Writ appointing William Henn to the Court of King's Bench: manuscript

 Collection — Shared box: 2104
Identifier: MS-1994-022
Scope and Contents

Instructs the unnamed recipient to "draw up a fiant" (a writ) appointing William Henn a justice of the Court of King's Bench, to hold the seat vacated by William Scott. Issued by the authority of Lord Lieutenant George Townshend, and signed at end: by His Excy's command Thos. Waite.

Access Note

Open for research.

Dates: 1768 July 22

Francis Xavier letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2004-067
Abstract

Consists of letter written by Francis Xavier to King John III of Portugal from India, referring to Portuguese subjects in the Far East, whom the Saint commends for reward and recognition.

Access Note

Open for research; digital version also available.

Dates: 1552 January 31

Boston College collection of Yeats family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1986-054
Abstract

The Boston College collection of Yeats family papers includes artwork, correspondence, manuscripts, notebooks, and photographs by and about siblings W. B., Elizabeth Corbet, Lily, and Jack B. Yeats; their father, John Butler Yeats; the wife of W. B., Georgie Yeats; the daughter of W.B., Anne Yeats; and the son of W.B., Michael B. Yeats. It also documents the running of Cuala Press, a Yeats family business.

Access Note

Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.

Dates: 1884-1993, undated; Majority of material found within 1900-1940

Young Men's Catholic Association of Boston College records

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2001-074
Abstract

The records contain meeting minutes, scrapbooks, publications, and ephemera produced by the Young Men’s Catholic Association of Boston College between 1875 and 1941.

Access Note

Collection is open for research; portions of the collection are available digitally.

Dates: 1874 - 1941

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